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J. G. MARTINEZ..

FRUIT PICKER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.II. 1911.

NVENTOR WITNESSES ATTO R N EV v scription and accompanying drawings commoved toy anopen position limited: by engagement of the pintles in the outer ends of rthe slot in bar 9, thereby permitting successiveV operations ofthe blades for severing the fruit.

agonal conguration of the receptacle and theufact'thatV the pivoted edges of the blades are extended across the receptacle from op.- posite corners 1n parallelism, a squareV aperture is defined between the blades whichis suiiciently large to receive the fruit, while the mouth of the receptacle is larger, thereby- Ypermitting the reception thereinof a number of pieces offruit before it becomes necessary to manipulate thedevice to expel the fruit through the conduit. At the same time the cornersfprovide a meansto which to attach the springs 6'.

It will be understood that the above deprehend onlythe general and preferred embodiment of` my invention and that variousl :minorA changes 1n details of construction,

proportlon and arrangement of parts may be made within the scope of the appended Aclaims without sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention.

I claim: V- 1. In a fruit picker, a pair of cutterV eleopiel e! potent may be obtained for ments l pivotally mounted movement to- Y wardrand away from each other, an armY Y Y ted bar to receive the pins, means formov'- It will beV noted that owing to the Vhex- Vwith an vadjacent corner of the receptacle to normally retain the blades in separated relation, a conduit leading tromA the inside of the receptacle, an arm carried by each blade, said arms being directed toward each other, a laterally extended pin carried by the free end of each'arm, a bar having a slot vat each end to receivethe pins, and aflexible element oonnectedto the medial portion Qt l the bar.

ture in presence of two witnesses.

Y' JOSE GARCIA MARTINEZ, Y Witnesses: jr f Y JUAN CABAIMRI GUrrmRREz, HENRY BossET. Y

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